Projects 2004
Date: June 2004, December 2004
Location: Amman, Jordan
Unit: Post Conflict and Capacity Building
Core Staff: James Harrison, Michael O’Flaherty
Funder: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
Project Summary
As part of a three year training and capacity building programme (2003-2006) with the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights, HRLC devised and conducted two human rights training courses for officials of the MoHR and other key Iraqi governmental officials in Amman, Jordan. The training programmes focused on the national implementation of relevant international human rights standards, including drafting a national human rights plan of action. Funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
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Date: 28 June – 3 July 2004
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Unit: International Criminal Justice
Core Staff: Dr Olympia Bekou, Dr Robert Cryer
Funders: British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Human Security Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs Canada, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the United Nations Development Programme
Project Summary
The second in a series of training and capacity building programmes on ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, provided training to 29 government officials and lawyers from the Sub-Saharan African region. Held in Cape Town in July 2004, the training programme considered a range of legal issues that national practitioners will face in connection with the ratification and national implementation of the Rome Statute, including advanced introductions to the operations and functions of the ICC system.
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